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Diocese created from Southwark Diocese on 19th of May 1882 119

Bransbury Road, Our Lady of Lourdes 1928 Motor Garage, Edward Beach 1 1934-1937 Motor Garage, Mrs E Beach 1937-1948 Meetings held in former garage 9,134 1937 Proposed Roman on corner of Bransbury Road and Minstead Road 95 14 Nov 1937 Converted garage blessed by Bishop Cotter www 1937 [30105] Bransbury Road church by Marchetti & Co for Roman Catholic Diocese of 95 1939 [31086] Bransbury Road Church for Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth 95 1947 Acquired 15 Bransbury Road www 1946-1956 Our Lady of Lourdes, Bransbury Road/Minstead Road 1 1956 Built as chapel of ease to St Swithun 9,134 1956 New church built by Marchettti www 11 Feb 1956 Opened by Archbishop King www 1958-1976 Our Lady of Lourdes, Bransbury Road/Minstead Road 1 1976-2014 Our Lady of Lourdes, Bransbury Road/Minstead Road Served by priests from St Swithun later Rev J Birch 1966 1 Rev Thomas Power 1967 1 Rev Derek Reeve 1971-1976 1 Rev Derek Reeve 1976-2003 Rev Simon Thomson 2014

Commercial Road, near Theatre Royal 1865 School built 148 1879 Masons bought Catholic School in Spring Gardens for £1,650 181

402-404 Commercial Road, St Marys Convent, Helper of the Holy Souls Previously Angus Lodge and Mile End Lodge 1912 [19218] Commercial Road, Convent for the Superioress 95 16 Jul 1913 Open order established by Mere Marie 89 1913 [19588] Princes Street shed for St Marys Convent 95 1913 [19591] 402 Commercial Road shed for St Marys Convent 95 1914-1976 St Marys Convent (Helper of Souls), 402-404 Commercial Road 1 1936 [29299] 404 Commercial Road additions to St Marys Convent by Marchetti Ltd for Rev Mother Superior 95 1949 [2349] 404 Commercial Road, bathroom, architect A.E Tutte & Son 95 1950 [3418] 404 Commercial Road, alterations & fireproof staircase for Mother Superior 95 1978 Planning application for 19 + 12 units of accommodation for elderly PCC Chapel demolished. Part converted into flats plus new blocks, Chapel Court 1-16 (1979), Providence Court 1-23 (1979)

Edinburgh Road, St John The Evangelist Site bought from the War Office with help from the Duke of Norfolk who donated £4,000 to the venture 14 9 Dec 1880 Foundation stone laid by Bishop of Southwark 14,119 9 Dec 1881 Foundation stone laid by Bishop of Southwark Rev James Danell 4,89 1880-1882 Five bays of nave built cost £9,000. £4,000 donation from the Duke of Norfolk. Architect John Crawley who died in 1881, work taken over by Joseph Stanislaus Hansom, the son of the Hansom cab designer. Built of Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

Fareham brick 5(8),14 10 Aug 1882 Officially opened & Bishop Vertue of Portsmouth enthroned 14,89,119

1886 Crossings and transept built seats 600 ? 1886 Incomplete, seats 600, memorial window to Canon Horan 1 29 Mar 1887 Consecrated 14,89,119 1893 Chancel and Apse built 14,119 Builder Mr William R.Light 89 1905 [16066] extension for Right Rev J.B Cahill by Holland 95 1906 West end and turrets and chapel of St Patrick built, sanctuary reconstructed. Architects Canon Alexander Scholes and Nathaniel Westlake. Seats 1200 14 1915 [20067] Additions for Bishop of Portsmouth 95 1924 [21848] Alfred Road new chapel for Bishop of St Johns 95 1924 Turrets underpinned 1963 North window rebuilt after war damage ? 1976 Interior remodelled cost £28,000, architect Mr Austin Winkley 5(8) 1982 St Johns Primary School converted into administration offices, renamed St Edmunds House. Exterior cleaned, caretakers house demolished. Architect John Wingfield 119 Dec 1995 £9,500 grant from English Heritage for work to safety of roof walkways 9 Jan 1999 £25,000 award from English Heritage for work on roof and to improve safety 9 Jun 1999 Restoration of stonework commenced 20 May 2001 Cardinal O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster officially re-opened the church on completion of restoration work, including new floor, restored ceiling, refurbished high altar, redecoration 9 19 Oct 2002 Inaugural recital on refurbished organ, by Adrian Lucas 9 Cost £250,000, pipework from redundant Anglican church in Sunderland 9 2010 Statue of St John, sculptor Philip Jackson, cost £90,000, dedicated by the Archbishop of Westminster 9 2014 Rev Dr John Virtue 1882-1900 1,166 Rev John Cahill 1901-1905 1 Rev Patrick O’Leary 1911 1 Right Rev William Cotter 1914-1940 1 Right Rev John King 1941-1965 Right Rev Derek Worlock 1965-1976 1 Right Rev Anthony Emery 1776-1988 Right Rev 1988-2012 Right Rev 2012-2014

Edinburgh Road 1884 Bishops house built ? 1906 [16163] Cottage & Additions by H Holland for Bishop of Portsmouth 95

10 Jan 1941 Bishops house bombed, church damaged, archives lost 119 1948 [2180] rebuild house {Bishops House}, architects Scoles & Raymond; [2180a] 1950 additions to basement walls & roof construction 95 1945-1950 Bishops house rebuilt and cathedral restored. Architects Archbishop King, Canon Burret and Mr Raymond ?

1951 [4295] St Johns Cathedral, Edinburgh Road, Clubroom 95

Edinburgh Road 1880 School built

Flathouse Road/Martha Street, Our Lady & St Camillus Naval Church Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

1886 Gothic Iron Building erected 138 1899 St Camillus Naval Church, not public, Unicorn Road 1 1900-1905 St Camillus Naval Church, not public, Flathouse Road/Martha Street 1 1911-1918 Our Lady & St Camillus Naval Church, Flathouse Road/Martha Street 1 1923-1938 Our Lady & St Camillus Church, Flathouse Road/Martha Street 1 1927 [23593] Flathouse Road additions for Rev W.H Percell 95 1973-1976 Dockyard Apprentice Training Hall, Flathouse Road 1 1976-1978 Apprentices Hall 1983 Derelict 1988 Demolished Rev Henry Russell 1899-1905 1 Rev Hamilton MacDonald 1911-1923 1 Rev William Purcell 1928 1

Gladys Avenue, Corpus Christi 1893 Built, seats 600, paid for by funds collected by priest who died on the Isle of Wight 1,4,14 Builder G.W.Bevis & Sons 138 28 Sep 1893 Altar consecrated by Bishop Vertue 119 1896 1 1903 [14548] Extended Rev A Steggall 95 17 Mar 1904 Opened 89 1906 Bought organ from St Marks C of E for £200 138 1921 [20883] Hall for Rev Reginald Rabb 95 1921 [20917] Hall for Rev Reginald Rabb 95 1926 [23005] Gladys Avenue additions by S Salter for Rev R.F Roab 95 1976 1 Feb 1994 Electronic Bells installed 9 1976-2016 Gladys Avenue Rev Augustus Steggall 1896-1905 1 Rev Reginald Raab 1911-1914 1 Rev Timothy Watson 1917-1918 1 Rev Reginald Raab 1921-1948 1 Rev James Feddis 1951 1 Rev Gerrard Dwyer 1953-1966 1 Rev Michael Minogue 1967 1 Rev Bernard Heeran 1971-1976 1 Rev Alphonsus Hopwood 1976 1 Fr Steven Restori 2014

Grove Road North, Convent of The Cross 1902 Old school (North Grove School) taken over, in three houses 1 1905 13 Grove Road South 1 1906 [16368] additions for Rev Mother 95 1906 [16387] Laundry for Rev Mother 95 1907 Built 1 1909 [18001] Additions to convent for Mother Superior 95 1911-1918 Catholic High School for Young Ladies 1 1923-1940 1 1936 [29283] Convent of Cross, Grove Road North lavatories by Marchetti Ltd for Rev Mother General 95 1938 [30747] Convent of Cross, Grove Road South additions by Marchetti Ltd for Rev Mother Superior 95 1944 Transferred to Waterlooville and premises became the Eye And Ear Hospital 9 Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

1944 Released to council 95 1971 Closed 1976 Grove Road North boarded up 9 Jun 1976 Demolished 9

Grove Road South, St Johns Catholic School See Schools

Hilsea Garrison, St Barbaras 1932 Ex Methodist tin chapel bought and moved to this site 197? Part demolished, part burnt down

High Street, St John The Evangelist School Rooms 1865 Built 4 Sold to Masons 4

Lawrence Road, Nazareth House Nazareth House was founded by Mother St Basil (Victoire Larmenier) Of Britanny in Hammersmith. Originally as homes for the elderly, later for abandoned and handicapped children Roman Catholic Home for Aged, Orphans and School 1880s 119 1887 Plans drawn up by Mr Leonard Stokes On site of 1-4 Apr 1888 Opened, cost £6,000 www 1891 Lawrence Road 171 1891-1900 Nazareth House, Home for Aged Poor and Orphan Children 1 1899 [12850] Lawrence Road alterations by W Ward for M Brady {Nazareth Ho} 95 1900 New chapel builder William Ward, architect Leonard Stokes 1901-1966 Nazareth House, Home for Aged Poor and Orphan Children 1 1905 [15753] external staircase added 95 1905 [16043] Nazareth House coal shed by W Ward for Mother Superior 95 1909 [17979] Nazareth House, Lawrence Road additions by W Ward for Sisters of Nazareth 95 1911 [18487] Nazareth House, Lawrence Road additions by W Ward for Mother Superior 95 1912 [19012] Nazareth House, Lawrence Road additions by W Ward for Mother Superior 95 1912 [19080] Nazareth House, Lawrence Road laundry by W Ward for Sisters of Nazareth 95 1967-1976 Nazareth House, Home for elderly ladies 1 1976-1982 Nazareth House, Home for elderly ladies 1 1985 Converted to 53 flats, Brandon Court. Stained glass from chapel taken to Larmenier Village in Lancashire a retirement village run by the Sisters of Nazareth www 1991-2017

Milton Road, St Joseph Site cost £800 151 5 Mar 1908 Site bought by Bishop Cahill 119 1908 [17308] Application for Presbytery by Rev Cahill builders Jenkins & Sons 95 1908 [17389] Application for church by Rev Cahill builders Jenkins & Sons 95 1908 Presbytery and Lady Chapel built 151 1908 Built, architect Canon Alexander Scholes 14,119 Architect Canon Scholes, builder Marchetti 151 1911 In course of erection 1 Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

1913 [19670] Tangier Road church by A Fairhall (sic) for Bishop of Portsmouth 95 1914 Opened in Autumn 89 seats 600 1 19 Nov 1913 Consecrated 151 1966/67 Interior and exterior renovated 151 1976-2014 Rev Francis Murphy 1911-1928 1 Rev Patrick MacSwiney 1934 1 Rev John Duran 1936-1940 1 Rev J Eeddis 1946-1948 Rev Gerrard Dwyer 1951 1 Rev Thomas Murphy 1953-1966 1 Rev E Conway 1967 1 Rev E Conway 1971 1 Rev D O’Ryan 1973-1976 1 Fr Steven Restori 2014

Tangier Road 1933 [27171] Hall for Rev P.J McSwiney and later amended plan 95 2016

Naval Barracks, St Mary 1976 1

Prince George Street (rear of 24/26), St John The Evangelist 1791 Chapel built behind two houses to seat 500 4,23 1792 Chapel opened behind two houses 119 1793 Built by Rev Francis De La Rue, French emigrant priest 59 1796 Chapel behind two houses 14 Chapel sat 300 at rear of 25 and 26 153 1850-1853 Enlarged, seats 500 23,119 1851 Enlarged to seat 500 153 1851 School held in 24 which had been purchased - rear enabled expansion of chapel 153 1851 School built 23 1859 Seats 600 59 1887 Transferred to Edinburgh Road and building sold 23,153 1899-1951 Winterbottom & Sons, Printer, 25 Prince George Street 1 1953-1962 Wintworth Press, 25 Prince George Street 1 1965 Demolished 9 Rev Stephen Philips 1859 59 Rev John Horan 1867-1875 1

Prince George Street, St Joseph 1857 Chapel ?

27 South Parade See Schools

2 Unicorn Row ? Papist community 14 1791 Mass centre in private house 153 1794 Chapel 4 1794 Register of baptisms started 148 1796 Chapel 148 Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

1799 Transferred to Prince George Street ?

Upper Arundel Street, St Edmunds School See schools

Waverley Road, St Swithun And Our Lady Jul 1884 First resident priest appointed to Chapel of Ease to St John the Evangelist 134 1885 Site cost £1166 15s 11d, building of school chapel £978 9s 5d, levelling and railings £89 15s 7d 134 1889 Iron church built www 1891 Iron church erected, foundations £82 6s, Iron Church from Humphreys £640 19s 7d, seats 400 134 1895 Foundation stone of new church laid 134 1899 Iron Chapel moved to rear of site 134 1899 [12763] Planning application for Church 95 1900 Ground prepared by Messrs Goddard of Farnham 134 1900 [13162] Planning application by Rev A.E Coughlan, Builders Goddard & Sons 95 24 Aug 1900 Commenced 89 24 Sep 1901 Opened cost £6,000 134 1908 Built architect Canon Alexander Scholes 1,14,119 Jul 1908 Consecrated by Bishop Cahill 1,14,134 Reredos completed and altar rails put up 134 1911 Altar in Sacred Heart Chapel built 134 May 1916 School renamed St Swithun RC School 134 23 May 1969 School transferred to Taswell Road, old buildings converted to Parish rooms 134 1972 Restored cost £20,000 floor levelled, new altar 134 Apr 1972 Bishop Worlock consecrated new altar 134 1983 Old Iron Chapel demolished and car park laid out 134 1976-2014 Rev Charles Arthur 1891-1892 1 Rev John O’Donaghue 1894-1896 1 Rev Albert Coughlan 1897-1904 1 Rev Isidor Kuner 1905-1923 1 Rev Patrick O’Leary 1928-1934 1 Rev Patrick MacSwiney 1936-1948 1 Rev Bernard Lindsay 1948-1966 1 Rev Daniel Cogan 1967-1973 1 Rev Daniel Cogan & Rev Killian Azzopardi 1976 1 Rev Simon Thomson 2014

Wilson Grove 1886 Nazareth House, in Wilson Grove (Barnfield) 1 1887 Barnfield, in Wilson Grove 166 1891-1892 St Helens, 10 Wilson Grove 1 2004-2006 Unnamed, 10 Wilson Grove

1883 Nazareth House established in Lynwood House 1886 Nazareth House, Home for Aged Poor & Orphan & Destitute Children 1 1887 Roman Catholic Orphanage, Lynwood, Wilson Road 166 1888 Margarett House, Home for the Aged and Orphans 165

Apr 1888 Transferred to Lawrence Road Roman Catholic http://www.pomeroyofportsmouth.uk/portsmouth-local-history.html

Papist Mass House c1538 9

Thalia 1859 Old Frigate in harbour used as Chapel of Ease to St John the Evangelist 5(8),59 Rev William Woollett 1859 59

The Little Company of Mary Founded by Mother Mary Potter who lived in King Street Portsmouth from 1865 to1877 with her mother and brother 9 Started the Rosary Rally with a march from St Johns to Victoria Park 9 1993 Group of Nuns whose order was founded by Mother Potter held their eleventh peace rally 9

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16 Kingston Road, Our Lady And Christian Helpers 1987 Ex Lloyds bank converted into Tridentine Mass Chapel 27 Feb 1988 Opened 1988-2017

Meredith Road Shed converted into ‘Cathedral’ 2012-2017 Priory Chapel of Our Lady of Beaulieu, cathedral church of Bishop of Ecumenical Catholic Church UK. Attached to Congregation of Brothers of the Merciful Love of God, Benedictine / Fransican 9 Father Julian Kent 2012-2017